As a Head of Renewable Energy Laboratory at National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) under National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop has over a decade of research experience in sustainable mobility, focusing on renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) in land transportation sector. His work on biodiesel upgrading technology (H- FAME) has been adopted in Thailand Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP: 2015-2036), and his recent work on fuel economy policy has well served Thailand Energy Efficiency Plan (EEP: 2015-2036). He has served as an RE & EE expert in many national committees, as well as a founding member of Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT).
As an ASEAN Science and Technology (S&T) Fellow, Dr. Chollacoop is aiming to expand his research network within ASEAN, as well as to learn how to push forward biofuel and fuel economy roadmap among ASEAN members. His experiences on implementing “Benchmarking of Biodiesel Fuel Standardisation in East Asia” project by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and “Guidelines toward High Biodiesel Blend Diesel (eg B20) Specification in the APEC Region” project by APEC Energy Working Group, as well as “Policy Dialogue on Fuel Economy Platform” project by APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology, and Innovation (PPSTI) will surely help drive RE & EE roadmap in ASEAN.
Dr. Chollacoop received his B.Sc. in Engineering with Honors (1999) from Brown University, and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering with Bio-Engineering minor (2004) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S.